S.O.Y.
Saving Our Youth Future
WELCOME TO
S.O.Y
MISSION: S.O.Y. Saving Our Youth Future Organization mission is driven by the passionate belief of promoting the cultivation of Self- Confidence, Self- Sufficiency, Self- Reliance and the Empowerment of becoming Self- independent amongst the homeless young adults of our community. In the effort of preventing homeless youth from becoming the next generation of homeless adults.
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YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
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The City of Chicago 2016 Point InTime Count & Survey reports
indicated that at the time of the 2016 PIT count, there were 309 youth under the age of 25 who were unaccompanied, meaning they were living alone or without an adult family member or children. Of these, 281 were sheltered and 28 were un - sheltered.
The number of youth who are homeless in Illinois has doubled in recent years. As of October 2015, the Illinois State Board of Education reported 54,638 homeless students compared to 26,688 students identified six years earlier.
In 2016,They are hard to spot, sometimes, spending nights on a friend's couch whenever possible. If there is room, their nights are spent on a mattress on the floor of one of the city's few youth shelters. Many of them try hard to hide their situation. They are hungry, scared and doing their best to survive from
the misery, pain, stress, and struggles.
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